A theoretical and empirical investigation of nutritional label use

Drichoutis, Andreas, Lazaridis, Panagiotis, Nayga, Rodolfo, Kapsokefalou, Maria and Chryssochoidis, Georgios (2008) A theoretical and empirical investigation of nutritional label use. The European Journal of Health Economics, 9 (9). pp. 293-304. ISSN 1618-7601

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Abstract

Due in part to increasing diet-related health problems caused, among others, by obesity, nutritional labelling has been considered important, mainly because it can provide consumers with information that can be used to make informed and healthier food choices. Several studies have focused on the empirical perspective of nutritional label use. None of these studies, however, have focused on developing a theoretical economic model that would adequately describe nutritional label use based on a utility theoretic framework. We attempt to fill this void by developing a simple theoretical model of nutritional label use, incorporating the time a consumer spends reading labels as part of the food choice process. The demand equations of the model are then empirically tested. Results suggest the significant role of several variables that flow directly from the model which, to our knowledge, have not been used in any previous empirical work.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
Depositing User:	Georgios Chrysochoidis
Date Deposited:	09 May 2011 15:20
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2022 09:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/29979
DOI:	10.1007/s10198-007-0077-y

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